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| Downtown Detroit Burned to the Ground 1967 |
In March of 1970 I got on a Greyhound bus at the old station on Adams Street for a ride to Pittsburgh for specialized training. I met colleagues at the three week training session from across the country who had experienced the riots and racial unrest of that period that nearly burned many of our large cities to the ground.
My point is that none of those cities now look as bleak, impoverished and lifeless as Brownsville today. All of them have been restored to some degree, modernized, while retaining historical significance. Detroit is viewed as sort of a textbook example of downtown restoration. Unlike United/Imagine Brownsville, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) entity raised hundreds of millions of dollars to develop and manage Detroit's riverfront. United Brownsville only sucks tax dollars from the poor of Cameron County, while contributing zero, nada, zilch.
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| Current New Housing in Downtown Detroit |
Every city is different. Brownsville is not Detroit, but our city needs a vision, not some scam like United Brownsville sucking tax dollars, doing nothing or Tony Martinez orchestrating the over-market value purchase of downtown properties owned by his cronies.
Detroit is a textbook of urban decay, suburban flight and Democrat Party policy failure. They are finding the best probable use of the sty is to regress to farming it. Rerun this piece on April Fools Day.
ReplyDeleteread it and weep : http://www.freep.com/article/20121207/NEWS01/312070146/Snyder-Detroit-bankruptcy-is-a-possibility-but-not-desired?odyssey=nav%7Chead
DeleteDetroit has lots of powerful politicos to support its restoration. The African-American community used its political clout to get federal assistance. In Brownsville, the citizens are ignorant and afraid of confronting the government since most are illegal or hire illegals, or have illegals as family. We are poor and ignorant. Our local leaders are focused on their one power plays and don't want to attract "outside" influences that may demonstrate that our local elected officials are taking care of themselves, not the electorate. Our elected officials are loyal to their "outside" benefactors, not to local citizens. Most of the money that keeps Oliviera, and the two Lucios in office comes from outside Cameron County. Their loyalty lies with the money.
ReplyDeleteDetroit had a history of commercial success, Brownsville does not. Detroit had a history of investment, Brownsville does not. Detroit had job skills that encouraged business investment, Brownsville does not. Detroit was an industrial city, Brownsville is not. Brownsville lacks job skills, has no appreciation for education, and enjoys its welfare status.
ReplyDeleteDetroit is a shithole
ReplyDeleteBrownsville is not